the white house rejected a gop counterproposal yesterday on the fiscal cliff. we don't know what's going on behind the scenes, hopefully something at this point, at least we know where the two, you know, polar areas are. >>> oracle is accelerating its 2013 dividends payments. kind of interesting. it's going to pay its fiscal second, third, and fourth quarter dividends before the end of the year. the latest company to accelerate dividend payments to avoid higher dividend rates next year. >>> and sprint is reportedly unlikely to make a counteroffer for metropcs. reuters said sprint will concentrate on closing its deal to sell up to 70% of itself to soft bank. sprint pcs has agreed to a takeover. >>> we've got more of our exclusive interview with brian moynihan. we also discussed the state of financials and the upcoming fed stress test. the banks have to turn in their capital plans to the fed by january 7th so i asked moynihan about the bank's dividend plan. >> we let everybody know and i think there's -- look work we fared well last year and i assume we'll farewe